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In a pop era where personal messiness is the oxygen of fame, Dua Lipa is the rare unfazed professional. Just as Taylor Swift and Charli XCXβs (extremely asymmetrical) feud spilled over the Hot 100 trenches, in comes Lipaβs Radical Optimism tour for four nights at the Forum to reassert that it is, in fact, possible…
Shares in UK banks have fallen sharply on the back of a report which urges the chancellor to place their profits in her sights in the coming budget. As Rachel Reeves stares down a growing deficit – estimated at between Β£20bn-Β£40bn heading into the autumn – the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said there…
Over the last decade, the Los Angeles Police Department sent employees to Israel to train or be trained by the countryβs counterterrorism experts on at least nine occasions. But officers who attended these training sessions and dozens of other overseas seminars and conferences routinely failed to document what they learned or keep track of who…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has launched an investigation into TikTok’s content, accusing the social media platform of suppressing content that is critical of President Trump. The probe comes just days after a deal was finalized to reduce its Chinese ownership and keep it running in the U.S. Kelly O’Grady explains.
China has lifted restrictions on some British MPs and peers and will now allow all parliamentarians to visit the country, Sir Keir Starmer has said. Speaking to Sky News’s political editor Beth Rigby, the prime minister said the sanctions have been a “real cause for concern across parliament”, and he had raised the issue with…
HIGH SCHOOL SCORES Wednesdayβs Results BASEBALL CITY SECTIONAMIT 18, Canoga Park 3Arleta 4, Van Nuys 1Buena Park 6, South East 5Chavez 4, Grant 1Collins Family 14, Animo Venice 3Community Charter 8, Valley Oaks CES 7Eagle Rock 8, Lincoln 4Fulton 16, Panorama 6Garfield 3, Bell 1LACES 13, Beverly Hills 8LA Jordan 16, Crenshaw 13Northridge Academy 13,…
When Pinterest and Dow announced layoffs last month, they attributed the job cuts in part to a shift to artificial intelligence β a sign that some employers are stepping up their investment in AI as they pare their payrolls.Β Although economists have generally downplayed the impact to date of generative AI on the broader U.S….
Nigel Farage has vowed to go “double or quits” on May’s local elections with a spending blitz of Β£5m. The Reform UK leader has described the upcoming vote as “the single most important event between now and the general election”, expected in 2029, and acknowledged that “people would ask questions” about his leadership if the…
Before trade rumors heated up and dream scenarios were briefly envisioned, before the Dodgers were linked to a string of big names who all wound up anywhere but Los Angeles, the teamβs front office foreshadowed what proved to be a rather straightforward, unremarkable trade deadline on Thursday afternoon. βThis group is really talented,β general manager…
The chancellor has declined to rule out raising taxes on gambling after a thinktank said the move could raise Β£3.2bn for the public coffers and cover the cost of lifting 500,000 children out of poverty. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), hiking taxes on online casinos and slot machines could raise enough…
